Custom Images Tutorials

Validated on 25 Sep 2018 • Posted on 25 Sep 2018

Custom images are Linux and Unix-like images you import to DigitalOcean. You can create Droplets based custom images, which lets you migrate and scale your workloads without spending time recreating your environment from scratch.

How to Create a DigitalOcean Droplet from an Ubuntu ISO Format Image

This community tutorial explains how to use VirtualBox, a free and open-source virtualization tool, to create a DigitalOcean-compatible VDI image (VirtualBox Disk Image) from an Ubuntu 18.04 ISO. You can adapt the steps in this tutoiral for your preferred distribution’s ISO images.

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How To Create an Image of Your Linux Environment and Launch It On DigitalOcean

This community tutorial explains how to create and compress a disk image of a Unix-like or Linux system that meets custom images requirements.

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